USC & Clemson await announcements

By Phil Kornblut

Announcement day has arrived for a Clemson and USC target. DL Ebenezer Ogundeko of Brooklyn will announce for either Clemson or Syracuse during the Under Armour Game in St. Petersburg, FL. That game will kickoff at 5:00 PM and be televised on ESPN. He has not publicly identified a favorite. Later Friday night, RB David Williams of Philadelphia will announce his commitment during the Semper Fidelis Game in Carson, CA. That game will kickoff at 9:00 PM on the NFL Network. Williams has been favoring USC over Penn State, Arizona State and Ohio State. Clemson will have one target announcing Saturday afternoon during the Army All American Game in San Antonio. Former commitment Demarcus Robinson of Fort Valley, GA is down to Clemson and Florida. Earlier this week he said he was favoring the Gators. That game will kickoff at Noon on NBC. USC target OL Na'Ty Rodgers of Pomfret, MD had planned to announce during the Under Armour Game but he announced via Twitter Thursday night that he will not announce then. He has narrowed his decision to USC and Maryland. He has taken an official visit to Maryland and is scheduled to visit USC January 19th.

The regular season ended last night for Huntington Prep, WV and the team won't play again until the national tournament in New York City in early April. That should give 6-10 center Levi Cook plenty of time to recover from a twisted knee that kept him out of last night's game. And it also will give him time to make his official visits.

OL Parker Boudreaux of Orlando reports an amazing total of over 70 offers at this point. About 15 of those programs have separated from the pack and Clemson is firmly in that group. Boudreaux visited Clemson last season for the North Carolina game and raved about the experience. He is returning this Saturday for a junior day and will bring...

OL Luke Elder of LaGrange, GA holds offers from about 15 schools including USC and Clemson. Some of his other offers are Ole Miss, Cal, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Florida State and Vanderbilt. He doesn't yet have favorites but he plans to formulate a top 10 or in the near future, and he...

Clemson holds its second junior day for the 2016 recruiting season this Saturday and one of the invitees is Bamberg-Ehrhardt OL Drew Wilson (6-4 290). Clemson has had a lot of success attracting top talent from the Red Raiders' program over the years and Wilson is another drawing the Tigers' interest according to assistant coach and recruiting...

OL John Simpson of Fort Dorchester won his first 4A heavyweight wrestling championship over the weekend. His wrestling season limited the amount of football recruiting travel he could get in over the past couple of months, but Simpson is ready to move forward with that now.